Prof. Mushlin speaks about SCOTUS ruling on prisons

“There’s a growing consensus that there are better ways to run criminal justice systems,” Prof. Michael Mushlin, an expert on prison reform and oversight, told the Associated Press following the Supreme Court’s ruling in a major prison case.

The court said in a 5-4 decision that California is required by the Constitution to reduce its cramped prison population by more than 30,000 inmates to correct longstanding violations of inmates’ rights to adequate healthcare.